HOTELS IN ST. PETERSBURG

Kempinski Hotel (5 )

Address: 22, Naberezhnaya Reki Moyki, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia

Hotel description

The Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 has what must be the most impressive location of any hotel in St. Petersburg, facing Palace Square and the Winter Palace across the charming Moika River. Opened in 2005, the Kempinski Moika 22 combines historic elegance with modern luxury, its comfortable accommodation and excellent amenities lying behind a beautiful mid-19th century facade. The Kempisnki Moika 22 has garnered glowing reviews for its sophisticated, welcoming atmosphere and impeccable friendly service.

The 194 rooms and suites at the Kempinski Hotel offer understated luxury and style, and many of them feature beautiful antique furniture as well as a full range of modern facilities including complimentary WiFi access. The hotel also boasts an excellent range of 5-star guest amenities, among them a pampering spa and fitness centre and impressive banqueting and conferencing facilities, with meeting venues for up to 200 people.

The Kempinski Hotel Moika 22's superb situation provides guests with unparalleled ease of access to St. Petersburg's most popular attractions, including the Hermitage, the State Russian Museum, and St. Isaac's Cathedral. The nearest metro station, Nevsky Prospekt, is under ten minutes' walk from the hotel.

Astoria Hotel (5 )

Address: 39, Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa, St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia

Hotel description

The Astoria is probably St. Petersburg's most famous hotel. Opened in 1912, it was a byword for luxury in the last years before the October Revolution, and has recently been restored to its former glories as part of the Rocco Forte Collection. In 2007 it featured on Forbes' Valentine's Day list of the most romantic hotels in the world.

Enjoying a fantastic central location right opposite the golden dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Astoria Hotel is superbly situated for sightseeing, with the Hermitage, Nevsky Prospekt, and the Mariinsky Theatre all in comfortable walking distance. The Astoria offers 211 luxurious rooms and suites furnished in an elegant and homely style, as well as full range of 5-star amenities and services, including top-class spa and gym, and opulent event space including the hotel's sumptuous Ballroom and Winter Garden. Excellent meeting facilities are available at the neighbouring Angleterre Hotel. The Astoria Hotel's main Davidoff Restaurant is one of the finest places in St. Petersburg to experience traditional Russian haute cuisine.

Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel (5 )

Address: 57, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, 191025, Russia

Hotel description

One of St. Petersburg's best known business hotels, the 5-star Corinthia Nevskij Palace is very popular with foreign executives and government figures, and was at the center of the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg in 2006.

Standing on Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg's majestic central avenue, just a few minutes' walk from Moskovskiy Station, the Nevskij Palace is conveniently situated for sightseeing and business, with excellent transport links. The Corinthia Nevskij Palace is housed in the attractive 19th century mansion that was the home of the Hotel Baltiskaya in the Soviet Union. During a complete renovation and refitting at the beginning of the 1990s, the hotel was extended into a second 19th century building facing Stremyannaya Ulitsa.

Inside, the Nevskij Palace is a modern luxury business hotel with smart, minimalist room designs and sleek, airy public spaces. All guest rooms were completely refitted in 2005. The hotel features a full range of 5-star amenities, including an impressive conferencing center with six flexible spaces for all types of corporate event, a superior fitness center and spa, and several fine bars and eateries.

Radisson SAS Royal Hotel (5 )

Address: 49/2, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, 191025, Russia.

Hotel description

The 5-star Radisson SAS Royal Hotel stands in the very center of St. Petersburg, at the corner of Nevsky and Vladimirsky Prospekts, and just a few hundred meters from the palace-lined embankments of the Fontanka River.

Occupying a beautiful 18th century mansion that once belonged to one of St. Petersburg's wealthiest merchants, the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel was opened in 2001 and has quickly established itself among the most luxurious and prestigious hotels in the city. The Royal Hotel offers 164 elegantly decorated and comfortably fitted guest rooms with a full range of modern amenities, including complimentary WiFi access throughout.

The Radisson SAS St. Petersburg is extremely popular with business travelers for its combination of central location, luxurious modern accommodation, and excellent business facilities, including three adaptable meeting venues. The hotel is also equipped with a full range of modern five-star amenities, with smart fitness centre and the stylish Barbazan Restaurant.

Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel (4 )

Address: 14, Ulitsa Korablestroiteley, St. Petersburg, 199226, Russia

Hotel description

One of St. Petersburg's largest hotels, the 1200-room Park Inn Pribaltiskaya has long been popular with business travelers and tour groups thanks to its high professional standards, friendly service, and superior accommodation.

Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland at the western tip of historic Vasilevskiy Island, the Pribaltiskaya Hotel offers beautiful sea views from many of its smartly decorated and comfortable rooms and suites, the vast majority of which have recently been refitted. All rooms offer WiFi access. The hotel's extensive amenities include some of St. Petersburg's best conferencing facilities, with 16 modern meeting spaces including the 1000-seat Leningrad Congress Hall. The Pribaltiskaya also offers a wide and varied range of on-site dining options, and numerous leisure amenities including the Roman Holidays SPA Centre, a bowling alley, and a billiards hall.

Petro Palace Hotel (4 )

Address: 14, Malaya Morskaya Ulitsa, St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia

Hotel description

With a prime downtown location just a few minutes' walk from Nevsky Prospekt and the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Petro Palace Hotel is an extremely popular and very attractive 4-star property that rivals St. Petersburg's top chain hotels for welcoming service, top-class amenities, and elegant deluxe accommodation.

Offering 194 rooms and suites designed in a charming classic style, all fitted with hi-speed Internet connections, the Petro Palace Hotel has a full range of four-star amenities, including seven modern meeting spaces with state-of-the-art presentational equipment and a well equipped fitness centre with gym and swimming pool. The hotel has a smart and popular on-site restaurant serving traditional Russian haute cuisine, and a small Sky Bar offering views over the historic centre.

Moscow Hotel (4 )

Address: 2, Ploschad Alexandra Nevskogo, St. Petersburg, 191167, Russia

Hotel description

One of St. Petersburg's best known and biggest 3-star hotels, the 825-room Hotel Moscow is a large modern property in the centre of the city with excellent transport links.

Built in 1964, the Moscow Hotel was well known to Intourist guests in the Soviet era, and has since undergone several refits, the latest of which has given the hotel a wide range of accommodation options, from basic 3-star standard rooms to better equipped and more stylish Comfort Rooms, which have a full range of up-to-date amenities including WiFi access. The Moscow is one of the few three-star hotels in St. Petersburg to have its own fitness centre with gym and swimming pool, and the hotel also offers extensive facilities for business travelers, including conference and meeting venues, and a reasonably well equipped business centre.

Located on the banks of the Neva River at the eastern end of Nevsky Prospekt, the Moskva Hotel is right next to the famous Alexander Nevsky Monastery, which has beautiful baroque and neoclassical churches, as well as a cemetery that contains the graves of many great figures, including Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky. The Moscow Hotel is also right on top of a metro station, giving fast access to all corners of the city.

Ibis St. Petersburg Centre Hotel (3 )

Address: 54, Ligovsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, 191040, Russia

Hotel description

Opened in 2008, the Ibis St. Petersburg Centre Hotel is a modern standard hotel offering stylish accommodation and a full range of business facilities a few minutes' walk from Moskovsky Station in the center of St. Petersburg.

The first international 3-star-chain hotel to open in the city, Accor's Ibis St. Petersburg Centre Hotel offers 221 comfortable and well equipped guest rooms, including three suites, and seven rooms especially fitted for disabled travellers. All rooms have WiFi access and air-conditioning. The Ibis St. Petersburg Centre also has smart MICE venues with a full range of hi-tech presentational equipment, on-site dining at the large Sud & Cie Mediterranean restaurant, and a 24-hour lobby bar.

Located on Ligovsky Prospekt, one of St. Petersburg's major central avenues, the Ibis St. Petersburg Centre Hotel is only 400m from Moskovsky Station and Nevsky Prospekt, the city's famous central thoroughfare. Visitor attractions such as the Hermitage, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and the Church of Our Saviour on the Spilled Blood are all easily reached in under 20 minutes by public transport, with three metro stations just a short walk away and numerous tram and bus services passing the Ibis St. Petersburg Centre Hotel's front door.

Antique Hotel Rachmaninov (3 )

Address: 5, Kazanskaya Ulitsa, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia

Hotel description

"Living with the Art" has to be a motto of Antique Hotel Rachmaninov. A stylish and comfortable small hotel on Kazanskaya Ulitsa, just a few steps from Kazan Cathedral and Nevsky Prospekt, the Antique Hotel Rachmaninov provides elegant accommodation in a friendly, intimate atmosphere in the very heart of the historic center of St. Petersburg.

Opened in 2003 as a basic mini-hotel, the Antique Hotel Rachmaninov has since been renovated and expanded. It takes its name from the fact that part of the property was once the home of Sergei Rachmaninov's aunt, where the great composer stayed as a teenager studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. True to the concept of 'antique hotel', Hotel Rachmaninov comprises 26 guest rooms furnished and decorated in an elegant traditional style and graced with original antique furniture. The focus point of the hotel's interior is a charming public space - a sitting room which can be used for meetings and events, as well as hosting the hotel's breakfast and acting as a pleasant lobby bar. The hotel is affiliated to two nearby galleries, and original works of art and photography are displayed throughout the property. All rooms are covered by complimentary WiFi access.

The hotel is ideally situated for sightseeing, with major attractions like the Hermitage Museum and St. Isaac's Cathedral only a few minutes' walk away. Guests are also ideally placed to explore the finest of St. Petersburg's downtown dining, shopping, and nightlife. Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor metro stations are less than five minutes' from the hotel.

Dostoevsky Hotel (3 )

Address: 19, Vladimirsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, 191002, Russia

Hotel description

Opened in 2003, the Hotel Dostoevsky is a comfortable and modern three-star hotel with a great central location next to one of St. Petersburg's most beautiful churches and only 200m from Nevsky Prospekt.

One of a new breed of mid-range hotels in the city, the Hotel Dostoevsky offers comfortable standard accommodation in 207 spacious and attractively designed rooms and suites, all with modern conveniences including hi-speed Internet access and air-conditioning. The hotel can boast a wide range of business and leisure services, including five modern and well equipped meeting spaces with capacities of up to 90 people, and gym and sauna on-site. As well as the hotel's own restaurant and bar, guest can also enjoy the extensive dining and shopping facilities available in the up-market shopping centre attached to the hotel.

Located right above a metro station, the Hotel Dostoevsky has excellent public transport links. The hotel is also just minutes' walk away from the beautiful, palace-lined embankments of the Fontanka River, and within comfortable walking distance of St. Petersburg's major visitor attractions, including the State Russian Museum, the Hermitage, and Kazan and St. Isaacs Cathedrals.

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